David Ortiz vs Juan Diaz

David OrtizJuan Diaz

David Ortiz and Juan Diaz compared on their MLB careers: David Ortiz played 20 seasons, 1997 to 2016, Juan Diaz 1 season, 2002 to 2002. David Ortiz has .286 batting average to Juan Diaz's .286. David Ortiz won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

David Ortiz and Juan Diaz career totals
2,408GP4
8,640AB7
1,419R2
2,472H2
541HR1
1,768RBI2
17SB0
0.3AVG0.3
0.4OBP0.4
0.6SLG0.9
0.9OPS1.2

Where each stands all time

David Ortiz and Juan Diaz all-time places
17th (541)Home runs—
104th (2,472)Hits—
21st (1,768)RBI—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • David Ortiz: 3 championships; AL Silver Slugger ×7, Hank Aaron Award ×2, World Series MVP
  • Juan Diaz: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

David Ortiz and Juan Diaz season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1997.327162002.28612
2nd1998.277946————
3rd1999.00000————
4th2000.2821063————
5th2001.2341848————
6th2002.2722075————
7th2003.28831101————
8th2004.30141139————
9th2005.30047148————
10th2006.28754137————
11th2007.33235117————
12th2008.2642389————
13th2009.2382899————
14th2010.27032102————
15th2011.3092996————
16th2012.3182360————
17th2013.30930103————
18th2014.26335104————
19th2015.27337108————
20th2016.31538127————

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI